According to Guinness World Records, Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" (1942) as performed by Bing Crosby is the best-selling single worldwide, with estimated sales of over 50 million copies.
In 2021, Billboard revised the rankings again upon the ascendance of "Blinding Lights" to the top spot on the list. Shown below are the top 10 songs and top 10 artists over the 63-year period of the Hot 100, through November 2021.
The Beatles have the most No. 1 hits of all time: 20. Though unclear for how long, the Beatles still reign supreme as the artist with the most No. 1 songs of all time.
The Beatles, unsurprisingly, lead the way with a record 20 No. 1s, all earned between 1964 and 1970.
Taylor Swift has once again made music history by claiming every single top 10 spot on Billboard's Hot 100 chart at once. No other artist has ever held all 10 spots at the same time, according to Billboard.
Cher's career as a recording artist spans seven decades and she is the only artist to have a number-one single on a Billboard chart in each of the past six decades.
It surpassed Don McLean's “American Pie” which, with its 8 minutes and 37 seconds, topped the charts for four weeks in 1972. However, “All Too Well” is only the highest of Swift's 26 new entries on the Hot 100.
We all know the record for shortest song on the Hot 100 overall is Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs' "Stay," which went 1:36, and reached No. 1 in November 1960.
Pop icon Taylor Swift made music history this week when her epic, ten-minute-long version of “All Too Well” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song is the longest to ever reach the top spot by a margin of more than a minute, reports Gary Trust for Billboard.
An elite 12 artists have achieved top 10 placements on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart in four or more decades, led by Andy Williams and Michael Jackson, with top 10 ranks in five decades each.
Only 66 songs have debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100 (out of more than 1,100 No. 1 hits).
Elton John has had a song on the charts in six straight decades | REWIND.
4, 1958 inception through the Oct. 22-dated ranking: Most Weeks Spent on the Billboard Hot 100: 91, “Heat Waves,” Glass Animals.
Michael Jackson, 'Thriller,' 1982-84
Jackson had already become the first solo artist to earn four Hot 100 top 10s from an album with Off the Wall, but follow-up Thriller nearly doubled its output. Jackson's magnum opus landed a groundbreaking seven top 10s during its 1982-84 heyday, including two No. 1 classics.
The first number-one song of the Billboard Hot 100 was "Poor Little Fool" by Ricky Nelson, on August 4, 1958. As of the issue for the week ending on June 17, 2023, the Billboard Hot 100 has had 1,149 different number-one entries.
Top-selling artists worldwide as of 2022
Perhaps unsurprisingly, British rock band The Beatles are top of the list for best-selling artists worldwide, with 183 million units certified sales. Second is Garth Brooks with over 157 million units sales, followed by Elvis Presley with 139 million units.
Leading the top global songs list is Miley Cyrus' smash hit “Flowers” which has been named the most streamed song of 2023 so far with 1.16 billion global audio streams.
Most recorded artist in music history - Asha Bhosle
In 1974, the Guinness Book of Records had older sister Mangeshkar (now 87) down as recording the most songs in history - a staggering 25,000.
In January 2023, Rolling Stone announced American singer, songwriter, and pianist Aretha Franklin as the greatest singer of all time. Following the global success of her 1967 single "Respect," the Queen of Soul established herself as the greatest ever pop, rock, and soul vocalist.
Chart watchers also noted that Drake has become the first artist in history to earn 100 top 20 hits on the Hot 100. The Beatles dropped to second behind Drake with 29 top five hits and were followed by Madonna with 28, Mariah Carey with 27, Janet Jackson with 26, Rihanna with 23 and Elvis Presley with 21.
Released in October 2021, Earthena's epic overtook PC III's 2016 song “The Rise and Fall of Bossanova,” totaling 13 hours, 23 minutes, and 32 seconds as the Guinness World Record holder for the World's Longest Officially Released Song.
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